Minnesota State Climatology Office
WR-00906-02-A
Rev. 2/02
How to Fill Out Your Observing Form
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|Please print your |Please write the last two digits of the year |Please enter your county number (see the list |number. “7” is|
|name. |and the two digits of the month (example: 2000 |below for numbers). Also enter your township, |the SWCD |
| |= 01) and (example: April=04) Also the time |range and section number. These numbers can be |network. |
| |that you observe each day (example: 07 am). |found on county plat books. | |
| |[pic] |Please print |
|Please print your | |the name of |
|street address. | |your Township |
| | |Please enter |
|Be sure to include | |your phone |
|your zip code. | |number. |
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| |For information on how to fill out rain and |Please enter your gauge type, other information| |
| |snow, please see “How to Record Rain and Snow” |about your rain gauge, and if you have a | |
| |below. |snowboard. | |
|How to Record and Report Rain and Snow |COUNTY NUMBERS |44 MAHNOMEN |
| |1 AITKIN |45 MARSHALL |
|SUMMER: |2 ANOKA |46 MARTIN |
|Left Column - Rain Gauge: Rainfall measurements should be |3 BECKER |47 MEEKER |
|entered to the nearest hundredth of an inch. (Example: .07 or |4 BELTRAMI |48 MILLE LACS |
|1.32.) in the left column only. Record the rainfall for the day |5 BENTON |49 MORRISON |
|on which the observation was made. Any rainfall after the |6 BIG STONE |50 MOWER |
|observation time (which should be the same time every day) will |7 BLUE EARTH |51 MURRAY |
|be measured on the next day. Enter T or trace for amounts less |8 BROWN |52 NICOLLET |
|than .01 (one hundredth) of an inch. If no rain has fallen |9 CARLTON |53 NOBLES |
|enter zero (0). |10 CARVER |54 NORMAN |
| |11 CASS |55 OLMSTED |
|WINTER: |12 CHIPPEWA |56 OTTER TAIL |
|Left Column - Melted Snow - Outer Tube: During the winter, use |13 CHISAGO |57 PENNINGTON |
|only the outer tube of the gauge to collect snow. At observation|14 CLAY |58 PINE |
|time melt the collected snow and measure the water obtained to |15 CLEARWATER |59 PIPESTONE |
|the nearest hundredth of an inch (Example: .14) using the |16 COOK |60 POLK |
|graduated center tube. Enter the measurement in the left column.|17 COTTONWOOD |61 POPE |
| |18 CROW WING |62 RAMSEY |
| |19 DAKOTA |63 RED LAKE |
|Middle Column – Snowfall - Yardstick: Measure new snowfall |20 DODGE |64 REDWOOD |
|(fallen during the last 24 hours) to the nearest tenth of an |21 DOUGLAS |65 RENVILLE |
|inch (Example 2.4 or .5) using a yardstick. Select a previously |22 FARIBAULT |66 RICE |
|bare area, such as a driveway and take the average of several |23 FILLMORE |67 ROCK |
|measurements. A snowboard may be useful. Record this amount in |24 FREEBORN |68 ROSEAU |
|the center column only. |25 GOODHUE |69 SAINT LOUIS |
| |26 GRANT |70 SCOTT |
|Right Column – Depth of Snow on Ground - Yardstick: Measure the|27 HENNEPIN |71 SHERBURN |
|depth of snow on the ground to the nearest inch using a |28 HOUSTON |72 SIBLEY |
|yardstick. Repeat this measurement at several spots where there |29 HUBBARD |73 STEARNS |
|was no drifting and take the average of the readings of the snow|30 ISANTI |74 STEELE |
|depth. Record this amount in the right column only. |31 ITASCA |75 STEVENS |
| |32 JACKSON |76 SWIFT |
| |33 KANABEC |77 TODD |
| |34 KANDIYOHI |78 TRAVERSE |
| |35 KITTSON |79 WABASHA |
| |36 KOOCHICHING |80 WADENA |
| |37 LAC QUI PARLE |81 WASECA |
| |38 LAKE |82 WASHINGTON |
| |39 LAKE OF THE WOODS |83 WATONWAN |
| |40 LE SUEUR |84 WILKIN |
| |41 LINCOLN |85 WINONA |
| |42 LYON |86 WRIGHT |
| |43 MCLEOD |87 YELLOW MEDICINE |
Observing Notes
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|Please include all rain| |
|(or liquid equivalent | |
|of snow) in the left | |
|hand column. Snowfall | |
|is in the middle | |
|column. Snow depth is | |
|in the right column. | |
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|“X” means no reading. | |
|The gauge was not out | |
|on these days. | |
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|Cumulative Total: Means| |
|gauge was in place from| |
|10th to the 13th but | |
|was not read till the | |
|13th. (This reading is | |
|the total from the 10th| |
|–13th.) | |
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|Phenology and weather | |
|events are useful. | |
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|For no precipitation | |
|use a ‘0’ for zero. | |
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|A “T” for a Trace of | |
|precipitation. | |
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|Place an “X” in the | |
|last box if there is an| |
|X for any of the days | |
|that month. | |
| |Draw an “X” on each day for which the gauge was not in use for whatever reason was not collecting |
| |precipitation. Note the days on which you put out or took in your gauge. |
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| |Draw a vertical line through days on which you did not observe but the gauge was collecting. (If you know |
| |the days were dry but simply did not check your gauge, use zeros instead.) |
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| |On days with zero precipitation, a simple ‘0’ is preferred over a blank or ‘0.00’. |
|Please check your | |
|address for the State |The State Climatology Office data will interpret blanks as zeroes unless they have strong reasons to |
|Climatology Office. |suspect that something else is happening. The vertical line through days with no observations is |
| |particularly important! |
|State Climatology | |
|Office |For snowfall observations, take care to write your values in the middle column labeled ‘SNOW (Ins.& |
|439 Borlaug Hall |Tenths)’. The first column, labeled ‘RAIN, MELTED SNOW, ETC (INS.&HDTHS)’ is reserved for liquid |
|University of Minnesota|precipitation or the water equivalent of snowfall; in other words, the amount of water in the snowfall. |
|1991 Upper Buford |Finally, ‘SNOW ON GROUND (INCHES)’ is for measurements of the accumulated snow pack or snow lying as |
|Circle |affected by the total fall and the settling of snow to date. |
|St. Paul, MN 55108-6028| |
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